Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits.

It is true that in the meantime we are suffering deeply in spirit, and incurring the horrors of a war and long oppressions of enormous public debt.

From candlelight to early bedtime, I read.

One never really knows how much one has been touched by a place until one has left it.

Hemp is of first necessity to the wealth & protection of the country.

Take more pleasure in giving what is best to another than in having it for yourself, and then all the world will love you.

A Man's management of his own purse speaks volumes about character